Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-08
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. CLEVELAND WILL NOT 60 To The Grand Army En-
 campment. THOUSANDS MI OF LIVES LOST By A Rivers 0verfIowing
 In China. A WATERsPoUT IN HUNGARY. The Disastrous Landslides
 At Zug.
IA WATERSPOUT IN HUNGARY
THE PRESIDENT wITHDRAws

THE PRESIDENT W1THDRAWS
 His Promise to Visit St. Louis During , EMcampment Week-The City to Ex-
 tend Him Another Invitation.
 ST. LOUIS, July 7-The Presidents letter
 to Mayor Francis withdrawing his acceptance
 of the invitation of the people of St. Louis
 to visit their city during the eneampment
 has stirred up hot and diversified express
 ion of opinion. The committee that took the
 invitation to the President strongly denounce
 the men who were instrumental in the defeat
 of their plan. Their friends are equally dis
 pleased, especially so as the citizens general ly of St. Louis had made great effort to l induce the President to make the visit The chagrin was so great with many that they wished to organize immediately to invite the | G. A. R. to find another place for their en. I campment and some promised a very icy | reception to the gallant soldiers There were others, however, who saw the wisdom of the Presidents course and were pleased that the city had been relieved of what promised to
 be an unpleasant affair. They felt that the city has been humiliated and indignant, but
 agree that the Grand Armys encampment
 shall be glorious success and that at some
 other time the President shall have receps
 tion in keeping with the high office he holds
 In regard to this the citizens
 committee determined to take steps, and at
 4 o'clock this afternoon assembled in the office of Mayor Francis and discussed the
 situation. A committee was appointed to draw up resolutions to be submitted to 8
 mass meeting that will be called to assemble at the Merchants Exchange tomorrow These resolutions embody an invitation to the President to visit his city during fair week early in October or at some other time that may suit his convenience, and will promise him an enthusiastic reception A citizens committee will be appointed to again visit the President and endeavor to induce him to come.
 Opinions on the Presidents Action
 WASHINGTON, July 7.-The Presidents ! letter has created great interest in the politi- cal and army circles of Washington. The general opinion seems to be that it is | strong political letter and will improve Cleveland's chances for re ele ction. A few ! persons thought the President took narrow | view of the disafection among the malcon- | tents of the G.. A. R. and said he should l have gone to St. Louis, inasmuch in his let ter he stated that he did not hold the Grand | Army as body responsible for the discon- tented feeling toward him. General S. s. l Burdett, x-commander-in-chiefo of the G. A. R., said: ''I think the letter is happy ter imitation for the President and for the Grand | Army of a situation which was deplored as much inside of the latter body as out of it. The whole matter of the controversy was un- fortunate, but the surroundings had become SO complicated regarding the Presidents proposed visit that his withdrawal in the way he announced it will be generally re. garded by Grand Army men as fortunate occurrence. They will be glad as well that the refusal of the President to visit the en- is made so honorably to himself. Under no circumstances could there be i'm puted to the President the least blame in the l matter. The letter is strong one politically and it is a most timely ending of what promised to be delicate and embarrassing situation"
 The Critic, commenting on the letter, says that the chief magistrate of the United States should be deterred from visiting any portion of the country by threats of insult to | his high office is something heretofore un- 1 known in our national experience. It is something that never should have been known. The bare suggestion of such con- tingency is startling to the conservative sen- timent of the Union. In all probability the controversy will widen the breech between the politicians of the Grand Army and the but it is calculated to pro duce Q still wider breach in the Grand Army l itself, many of the members of which, if not in sympathy with the Presi- dents policy, still recognize him as the chief officer of the government, to whom all classes of the people owe at least the courtesy of good citizens and opposed to making l aim the target in season and out of season of continuous partisan assault